Comma or semicolon: the CSV separator and regional settings explained
Why Excel sometimes saves CSV files with semicolons, why everything can end up in a single column, and how to control the separator and…
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Why Excel sometimes saves CSV files with semicolons, why everything can end up in a single column, and how to control the separator and…
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Export transactions, orders or invoices from any system and turn them into a clean Excel table: amounts, dates, text and duplicates sorted out.
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What is kept and what is lost when you move a spreadsheet from Excel to Google Sheets and back, and how to do it…
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If your CSV opens in a single column, with broken accented characters or missing leading zeros, here is how to import it properly and…
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Everything you need to convert Excel to CSV properly: delimiters, UTF-8 encoding, dates, decimals and workbooks with several sheets.
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Opening a CSV with a double click can damage your data. Learn how to convert CSV to Excel while keeping leading zeros, dates, accents…
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What is the difference between XLS and XLSX, which one is smaller, which one is safer and when you should convert from one format…
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A practical guide to moving tables from a PDF into Excel: types of PDF, choosing the right tool, checking the result and cleaning the…
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Tips to convert Excel to PDF without cut-off columns, blank pages or tiny text: print area, orientation, scaling and repeated headers.